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Trump’s “Death Wish” for McConnell | The Smirking Chimp

America seems incapable of disproving Trump’s declaration that “there’s good on both sides ” made immediately after Charlottesville where the murder and assault were committed in plain sight by a white supremacists who were absolutely and clearly wrong. The storming of the Capitol on Jan 6th seems too difficult given the majority were white male ultra-right and far from moderate protesters after blood. No such leeway or time would have been spent if they had been black that’s for certain.

Everyone in public life — including leading Democrats, Joe Biden, and Republican leaders, including Mitch McConnell — must condemn Trump’s invitations to violence and bigotry. And they must also demand that Trump be held criminally accountable for his attempted coup, his instigation of the assault on the Capitol, and his theft of top-secret government documents.

Source: Trump’s “Death Wish” for McConnell | The Smirking Chimp

LNP Government

Learning to hate China – how well have we learned the lessons – Pearls and Irritations

Charts of financial instruments including various type of indicator for technical analysis on the monitor of a computer, together with face of Mao Zedong on RMB (Yuan) 100 bill.

What we inherited with the Trumpster LNP

Toward the end of 2019, an article titled Lessons in how to hate China was published in Pearls and Irritations. Those lessons have been learned and learned well. Three years is a short time but the collective memory is also short. China is now the accepted enemy and the likelihood of war is spoken of more openly.

climate crisis and of a hegemonic shift from the US to China. It was an uncertain time and fear was being promoted. Those conditions still exist. The only difference is that the threat from the US and its allies has become more intense. We have learned to hate China and may well suffer from the education we have received.

Source: Learning to hate China – how well have we learned the lessons – Pearls and Irritations

Informed Comment

Trump Will Be on the Ballot in 5 Weeks | The Smirking Chimp

As I said, Trump is effectively on the ballot in the midterms. Which means — regardless of whether he decides to run again for president — our democracy is on the ballot. The midterm elections in five weeks will lay the foundation for all future races.

My friends, I cannot say this with more concern: Trump’s anti-democracy movement has been making astounding progress. We must stop it.

Source: Trump Will Be on the Ballot in 5 Weeks | The Smirking Chimp

Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison copies Donald Trump’s corruption strategy and claims he has the power to declare government documents classifiedKangaroo Court of Australia

Scott Morrison has copied Donald Trump’s corruption strategy by claiming he has the power to declare documents and meetings classified by “waving a magic wand and just saying it’s so”. While on the flip side Donald Trump, who is currently under investigation by the FBI for stealing classified documents, claims he declassified the documents in his head which is almost identical to Scott Morrison’s magic wand trick.

Source: Scott Morrison copies Donald Trump’s corruption strategy and claims he has the power to declare government documents classifiedKangaroo Court of Australia

Fox News

Ex-Homeland Security aide calls Trump’s Hannity interview like ‘covering up for a drunk uncle’ – Raw Story – Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

Ex-Homeland Security aide calls Trump’s Hannity interview like ‘covering up for a drunk uncle’

Trump actually did the interview at a time when he should be exercising his right to remain silent. It has been only a few days since Trump’s legal team said that they wouldn’t provide any specific details because they anticipate Trump will be criminally indicted over the stolen documents.

Source: Ex-Homeland Security aide calls Trump’s Hannity interview like ‘covering up for a drunk uncle’ – Raw Story – Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

Informed Opinion

Trump plays the martyr — fools following him actually die

Morrison plays Morrison it’s worse as he maintains his election by god justifies it.

The framing of Donald Trump’s far-Right ideology as legitimate has led to tragic stupidity like Ricky Shiffer’s ill-fated attack on the FBI. Yet people continue falling for “Don the Con”, writes Dr Alex Vickery-Howe.

Trump plays the martyr — fools following him actually die
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Donald Trump’s Truth Social media site faces financial peril

True to form what Trump touches turns to lead. If he’d taken his dad’s inheritance and banked it and sat on his ass and did nothing he’d have had $12.5B instead he has $ 2-3B soon to be less if he’s required to pay his unpaid taxes. The man is about as good a business man as the has been a President and now his investors in Truth Social are feeling it.

Washington: Former president Donald Trump’s Truth Social website is facing financial challenges as its traffic remains puny and the company that is scheduled to acquire it expresses fear that his legal troubles could lead to a decline in his popularity.

Donald Trump’s Truth Social media site faces financial peril
FBI

The FBI’s Mar-a-Lago affidavit paints an unsettling portrait of Trump | Lloyd Green | The Guardian

According to the affidavit, the government previously found in Trump’s possession 184 documents marked ‘classified’, 67 marked ‘confidential’, 92 marked ‘secret’, and 25 ‘top secret’

The FBI’s Mar-a-Lago affidavit paints an unsettling portrait of Trump | Lloyd Green | The Guardian
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The Trump legal defense has a Donald Trump problem.

How is it men like Trump and Scott Morrison are their own worst enemies when it comes to trying to justify their mistakes. Trump promises to pay his legal counsel but only does if they win. Morrison doesn’t trust anyone to be his lawyer and thinks he’s the best defense he has.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has many incredibly serious concerns in the unique, complex, high-wire situation in which he finds himself. The former president’s ability to personally articulate a meaningful defense to well-founded charges the attorney general is considering should not be one of them. Simply put, Donald Trump would end up being a very powerful witness against himself, if he decided to testify at all. The people in the best position to know, Trump’s own defense team, have certainly come to that conclusion

The Trump legal defense has a Donald Trump problem.
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Trump Makes Offer He Thinks FBI Can’t Refuse: Give ‘His’ Documents Back and No Violence From MAGA Thugs | The Smirking Chimp

Trump’s “offer” to the Justice Department claiming his desire to “help the country” sounds eerily like the lead-in to his September 2020 debate declaration: “I’m willing to do anything. I want to see peace,” Trump said then. “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by,” Trump said. “But I’ll tell you what, I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem.”

Trump’s “offer” is a signal to his followers and to the Department of Justice and to the FBI, just like that debate statement. If he doesn’t get what he wants, his thugs are ready to attack. Again.

Trump’s “offer” to the Justice Department claiming his desire to “help the country” sounds eerily like the lead-in to his September 2020 debate declaration: “I’m willing to do anything. I want to see peace,” Trump said then. “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by,” Trump said. “But I’ll tell you what, I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem.”Trump’s “offer” is a signal to his followers and to the Department of Justice and to the FBI, just like that debate statement. If he doesn’t get what he wants, his thugs are ready to attack. Again.

Trump Makes Offer He Thinks FBI Can’t Refuse: Give ‘His’ Documents Back and No Violence From MAGA Thugs | The Smirking Chimp
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Donald Trump’s Own History With the Espionage Act

Trump’s Administration wasn’t shy using the Espionage Act against others particularly journalists like Julian Assange who was never even in America.

This isn’t Trump’s first brush with the Espionage Act, though it is the first time he’s the one being accused. According to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, Trump’s Department of Justice charged five journalist sources — none of them spies — under the Espionage Act. (Several more journalistic sources were prosecuted under lesser statutes.) Here’s how the Espionage Act charges went for the people Trump used it against.

Donald Trump’s Own History With the Espionage Act
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Editorial: Why would an ex-president who doesn’t read want boxes of documents at his home? | Editorial | stltoday.com

Trump might have wanted to keep the materials as mementos or perhaps for reference if he wound up hiring someone to write a book under his name. Or perhaps the materials contained information he wanted to keep permanently hidden for personal reasons. Regardless of the justification, the documents were never his, and Republicans who are apoplectic over the FBI search should first be asking why it was ever O.K. for him to break the law in the first place.

Editorial: Why would an ex-president who doesn’t read want boxes of documents at his home? | Editorial | stltoday.com
Informed Opinion

Donald Trump’s evolving tales, alibies, attacks and blame detail his panic over FBI’s documents search – Raw Story – Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

Former President Donald Trump possessed a lot of concerning government information in his home that he shouldn’t have had. What has become obvious over the weekend is that Trump’s behavior appears defensive enough to indicate he understands what he did was serious.

Trump appears so panicked he is pointing to his own family members, changing his stories, and trotting out allies on cable news and trying to change the story.

Donald Trump’s evolving tales, alibies, attacks and blame detail his panic over FBI’s documents search – Raw Story – Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism
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Trump puts a target on the FBI: Cincinnati gunman shows danger posed by an endless supply of dupes | Salon.com

Trump puts a target on the FBI: Cincinnati gunman shows danger posed by an endless supply of dupes | Salon.com

The main reason that Donald Trump is forever turning Republican campaign events and conservative conferences into fascistic rallies featuring two-hour stemwinders is that he’s a champion narcissist with a vampiric need to feed off the adulation of blockheads. But a major secondary reason is what happened on Thursday, when a deranged Trump supporter named Ricky Shiffer fired a nail gun at the FBI offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, before getting killed in an hours-long standoff with the police.

As reporters covering right-wing extremism swiftly documented, before much of it was taken down, Shiffer was all wound up by Trump’s lies about the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago Monday, lies that have been amplified and validated by right-wing media outlets like Fox News and much of the GOP establishment. 

“Kill the FBI on sight, and be ready to take down other active enemies of the people,” Shiffer apparently posted on Truth Social, a Trump-owned social media site, according to Andy Campbell of HuffPost.

Trump puts a target on the FBI: Cincinnati gunman shows danger posed by an endless supply of dupes | Salon.com
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Trump’s Excuses for Hoarding Classified Documents Are Getting More Absurd – Mother Jones

But the most absurd feature of Trump’s excuse could be its ham-fisted attempt to relate to the everyday person working from home. “Everyone ends up having to bring home their work from time to time,” the statement via Solomon read. “American presidents are no different.” Add that to the even more unbelievable assertion that Donald Trump works at all—and you’ll be left wondering, once again, how did things get this stupid.

Trump’s Excuses for Hoarding Classified Documents Are Getting More Absurd – Mother Jones
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Trump, Alex Jones and Steve Bannon: GOP goons follow a familiar playbook when accountability knocks | Salon.com

As former federal prosecutor and current defense attorney Ken White noted in a lengthy Twitter thread following the raid, the “feds do not seek search warrants lightly.” As White explained, such warrants generally require “probable cause to believe that the specified location has the specified evidence of a specified federal crime.” This one, in particular, would have been combed over by multiple high-ranking authorities, including Attorney General Merrick Garland himself. Crucially, while we the public do not know the details of what is almost certainly one of the most careful and detailed warrants imaginable, Trump himself does, because the subject of the search is given the warrant.

Trump, Alex Jones and Steve Bannon: GOP goons follow a familiar playbook when accountability knocks | Salon.com
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The fabricated claim that the FBI “planted evidence” at Mar-a-Lago is taking the right by storm | Media Matters for America

Covid and the Flu are nothing compared to the Right-Wing Media fury backing Trump and their effort to take control of America.

The baseless claim that the FBI may have planted evidence while carrying out a court-approved search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence on Monday has surged through right-wing media, as the former president’s allies continue their effort to turn their audiences against the probe and shield Trump from accountability.

The fabricated claim that the FBI “planted evidence” at Mar-a-Lago is taking the right by storm | Media Matters for America
Informed Comment

Why Republican Candidates Can’t Escape Trump | The Smirking Chimp

Republican Elise Stefanik to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy have issued statements brimming with outrage and accusation. Last night, the RNC sent out a fundraising text: “THIS IS NOT A DRILL: UNPRECEDENTED move Biden’s FBI RAIDS Pres. Trump’s home. Time to take back Congress.

”Rubbish. There’s no evidence that the FBI search was motivated by anything other than concerns (and, under a court order, probable cause) that Trump made off with documents rightfully belonging to the United States. That’s a criminal offense. If anyone has been undermining the rule of law, it’s Trump. Recall that Trump himself appointed the current director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, after firing former director James Comey for investigating the ties of Trump’s 2016 campaign to Russia.

Why Republican Candidates Can’t Escape Trump | The Smirking Chimp
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Top national newspapers quickly drop front-page story of DOJ probe into Trump’s January 6 role | Media Matters for America

In the week after news broke of the Department of Justice’s criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump’s role in the January 6 riot, the top five national newspapers quickly moved on from news: Only 3 newspapers put the story on their front pages, and only The New York Times followed up with another front-page story a couple of days later. This coverage is in stark contrast to the 46 front-page stories these papers printed over a 7-day period in 2016 about the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server — a far less serious story.

Top national newspapers quickly drop front-page story of DOJ probe into Trump’s January 6 role | Media Matters for America
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Trump hasn’t been on Fox News in a long long time | Salon.com
Who the @#@$ is worried?

It has been 113 days since Trump has appeared on Fox News.

Trump hasn’t been on Fox News in a long long time | Salon.com

Trump hasn’t been on Fox News in a long long time | Salon.com

“On April 13, Mr. Trump called into Mr. Hannity’s show and ran through a list of crises he claimed would not be happening ‘had we won this election, which we did.’ He hasn’t been interviewed on the network since,” the newspaper reported.

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No, the Murdochs haven’t turned on Trump | Media Matters for America

If the Murdochs didn’t want all this to happen, it wouldn’t happen. Rupert gave Carlson a job and a show, Lachlan reportedly speaks to him regularly, and together they made him the face of their network, which has defended him against any and all criticism for years. 

“I’m 100 percent [Rupert Murdoch’s] bitch,” Carlson once said. “Whatever Mr. Murdoch says, I do.”

The Murdochs may want some credit from the establishment for having their relatively high-brow outlets, the Journal and the Post, criticize Trump. But they also want to speak to the party’s Trumpist, pro-insurrection base. And so they are cheering on Tucker Carlson’s blood-soaked white nationalism, his deadly anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, and his reprehensible 1/6 trutherism.

No, the Murdochs haven’t turned on Trump | Media Matters for America
Jan 6th

In Wake of Jan. 6 Hearings: What was Trump’s Relationship to the Militias who invaded the Capitol?

Now, many people have taken a step back even from these groups altogether. But the folks that have stuck around continue to be quite radical, and probably even more radical than they were before. Especially thinking about what is going to happen with the midterm elections, we are going to see a lot of invigoration.The Conversation

In Wake of Jan. 6 Hearings: What was Trump’s Relationship to the Militias who invaded the Capitol?
Future Shock

We Still Have to Take Donald Trump Seriously

History tells us these things don’t turn around overnight and go on for longer than is good for anyone.

The Right’s plan to take the presidency in 2024 requires a candidate with a higher-than-average disregard for the truth. That’s why Donald Trump is still their man — a fact that should worry us all.

Source: We Still Have to Take Donald Trump Seriously

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LIV Golf Series: Donald Trump tells British Open champion Cameron Smith and PGA Tour golfers to take Saudi money, Ian Baker-Finch urges caution

Ian Baker-Finch, Donald Trump and Cameron Smith.

Here’s a reason not to “take the money” If Trump had not been the failed businessman he is, he’d have $12 B just from investing his father’s gift conservatively when he first started. Today he has $2B and 4000 court cases in his wake. Hardly a person to take business advice from.

‘If you don’t take the money now, you will get nothing after the merger takes place, and only say how smart the original signees were.’ Donald Trump

Source: LIV Golf Series: Donald Trump tells British Open champion Cameron Smith and PGA Tour golfers to take Saudi money, Ian Baker-Finch urges caution

Fight against Fake News, Fighting Fake News

Old Dog Thought- When politics and service no longer seem the priority of governments everything and everyone suffers.

Fighting Fake News with REAL 17/7/22; Extinction in Plain sight Dan; The Spectre of Trump is a bonus for Dems midterm chance; Australia has Peter Dutton; Dan Andrews doesn’t always listen; Prisons;

elections

He’s running: The specter of Donald Trump looms over the GOP | Salon.com

there is a grotesque orange cloud hovering over the GOP in the person of Donald J. Trump who is planning to announce his candidacy any time now and remind everyone in the country that the Republican Party has been remade in his image and still dances to his tune. When asked what he thought about Trump entering the 2024 race, Joe Biden said he welcomes it. No doubt. Biden may be unpopular but in head-to-head polls, he still beats Trump.

He’s running: The specter of Donald Trump looms over the GOP | Salon.com
Jan 6th

Steve Bannon, facing jail, agrees to testify to Jan 6 committee

Steve Bannon (left) and his attorney David Schoen speak to the media after Bannon surrendered to authorities in Novemver 2021.

The former president had previously instructed Bannon and other associates not to cooperate with the panel, claiming that executive privilege – a president’s power to withhold certain internal executive branch information –compelled them to stay silent. But in recent days, as several witnesses have come forward to offer the House panel damning testimony about his conduct, Trump has grown frustrated that one of his fiercest defenders has not yet appeared before the committee, people close to him said.

Source: Steve Bannon, facing jail, agrees to testify to Jan 6 committee

Republicans

Opinion: Republicans, look across the pond and take note. Now’s the time to dump Trump – CNN

Opinion: What finally sunk Boris Johnson

The Murdochracy is what failed it was the gristle the grout that failed to keep the Conservatives in America, UK and Australia together

Republicans seem to have reached that conclusion before, only to reverse course. This time, however, they have an example directly in front of them, not only of how it can be done, but, crucially, that it can be done with finality. If, as Johnson said himself, “In politics, no one is remotely indispensable,” surely then that is as true of former presidents as it is sitting prime ministers.

Republicans, let’s learn from our British political brethren.

Source: Opinion: Republicans, look across the pond and take note. Now’s the time to dump Trump – CNN

Jan 6th

J6 committee has ‘loaded gun’ evidence against Trump: legal expert – Raw Story – Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

J6 committee has 'loaded gun' evidence against Trump: legal expert

“And you would think a reasonable response from a president would be, oh my goodness, let’s make sure the metal detectors are operating properly,” he explained. “He said just the opposite, take them down, let the armed members of the group in, and they can march to the Capitol from there. To do what? To stop the certification of his political opponent’s election win. So in a very real sense, that smoking gun evidence that Donald Trump wanted to lead what we now know is an armed attack on the Capitol. The loaded gun evidence is, the witness tampering information, and you know, witness tampering just strikes at the very heart of the integrity of investigations, whether congressional or criminal.”

Source: J6 committee has ‘loaded gun’ evidence against Trump: legal expert – Raw Story – Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

Jan 6th

Angry, violent, reckless: testimony paints shocking portrait of Trump | January 6 hearings | The Guardian

Donald Trump arrives to speak at the rally in Washington DC on 6 January 2021.

He lunged at a Secret Service agent’s throat. He threw dishes during temper tantrums. And he wanted metal detectors taken away so his fans could march with guns and knives.

An astonishing portrait of Donald Trump as an unhinged and personally violent president emerged at Tuesday’s hearing of the congressional committee investigating last year’s attack on the US Capitol.

Source: Angry, violent, reckless: testimony paints shocking portrait of Trump | January 6 hearings | The Guardian

Jan 6th

Cassidy Hutchinson’s surprise Jan. 6 testimony exposes the violence that fuels Trumpism | Salon.com

Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to then White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in during a House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 28, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

“Anyone downplaying Cassidy Hutchinson’s role or her access in the West Wing either doesn’t understand how the Trump WH worked or is attempting to discredit her because they’re scared of how damning this testimony is,” tweeted former White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, who resigned after Jan. 6. “For those complaining of ‘hearsay,’ I imagine the Jan. 6 committee would welcome any of those involved to deny these allegations under oath.” ( Mick Mulvaney )

As Hutchinson laid out, Trump was not only aware that many in the rally crowd were heavily armed, he seemed to be counting on it. He got angry with the Secret Service for not letting people with AR-15s and body armor clamor to his side during the rally, saying, according to Hutchinson, “I don’t fucking care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me.” He demanded that the armed thugs that support him “march to the Capitol from here.”

Trump knew they were armed. Yet he directed his supporters to the Capitol on Jan. 6. He then repeatedly insisted on being the head of the mob. When Secret Service wouldn’t let him, he yelled, “I’m the f-ing president! Take me up to the Capitol now!” and physically attacked the agent driving th

Source: Cassidy Hutchinson’s surprise Jan. 6 testimony exposes the violence that fuels Trumpism | Salon.com

Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch’s wild week: Jerry Hall, Trump and parties

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall are reportedly going their separate ways.

When the king of “alternative facts ” Isn’t one himself

Last week, three news stories broke that are set to prove consequential for nonagenarian media billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his News and Fox media empire.

Source: Rupert Murdoch’s wild week: Jerry Hall, Trump and parties

Jan 6th

US election officials reveal Trump threats before Capitol riot

State election officials have recounted how Donald Trump supporters threatened them and their families after they refused to help the former president overturn his 2020 election defeat.

Source: US election officials reveal Trump threats before Capitol riot

Jan 6th

Trump wanted a different insurrection: Jan. 6 hearing reveals violent intent behind Pence plot | Salon.com

Thousands of Donald Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

It is pretty clear that Eastman knew there was a good chance for serious bloodshed if Pence overturned the election.

after the insurrection on Jan. 6th he came back to one of the White House lawyers who said what is no doubt going to be one of the most famous quotes of this scandal: “I’m going to give you the best free legal advice you’re ever getting in your life. Get a great f-ing criminal defense lawyer. You’re going to need it.” A few days later Eastman emailed Trump’s other attorney Rudy Giuliani asking to be on the “pardon list.”

Source: Trump wanted a different insurrection: Jan. 6 hearing reveals violent intent behind Pence plot | Salon.com

Jan 6th

Jan 6 committee: Third session hears Donald Trump ‘knew’ that pushing Mike Pence to overthrow election result was illegal

Donald Trump and rioters on January 6.

Washington: Donald Trump put his own vice president’s life at risk by embracing an elaborate plot to overturn the 2020 election, despite knowing the plan was unlawful, a Congressional hearing on the US Capitol attack has been told.

Source: Jan 6 committee: Third session hears Donald Trump ‘knew’ that pushing Mike Pence to overthrow election result was illegal

Jan 6th

The 1/6 Committee’s Biggest Challenge: Assessing Whether Trump Is Bonkers – Mother Jones

Trump produced an unprecedented flood of lies and false statements during his presidency—over 30,000, according to the Washington Post. Is it possible he cannot tell fact from fiction? As a narcissistic egomaniac, does he believe he can manufacture reality? His psychological relationship with the truth has always been difficult to fathom. Trump cannot cite any confirmed evidence of fraud, yet he has unwaveringly insisted dark sinister forces stole a grand electoral landslide from him. Again and again, reality was presented to him, but he acted as if it did not exist. Is this because he cannot recognize reality or because he doesn’t want to recognize reality for assorted transactional purposes? So far, the committee has not provided an authoritative answer. But that may be above its pay grade. In any event, there is a fundamental truth that transcends resolution of this issue: Whether or not Trump believes in his Big Lie, he has successfully encouraged millions of Americans to do so, and that includes the thousands who assaulted the Capitol on January 6. In either case, Trump is a threat to the republic.

Source: The 1/6 Committee’s Biggest Challenge: Assessing Whether Trump Is Bonkers – Mother Jones

Informed Opinion

Why the Oath Keepers looks an Awful lot like al-Qaeda and Trump is its Usama Bin Laden

January 6 and its aftermath clearly could have been far more bloody if the Capitol police and then the Secret Service had not done such a good job of protecting elected officials from these heavily armed and militarily trained wack jobs. It should be remembered how the odious Trump cultivated these right-wing militias, and told a similar group to “stand back and stand by” during his debate with Joe Biden. They stood by all right.

Source: Why the Oath Keepers looks an Awful lot like al-Qaeda and Trump is its Usama Bin Laden

Jan 6th

US Capitol riots: Donald Trump evidence enough to indict ex president

Trump is satisfied he has enough wriggle room

Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot say they have uncovered enough evidence for the Justice Department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Source: US Capitol riots: Donald Trump evidence enough to indict ex president

Informed Comment

A Final Thought on the Hearings: How Trump Will Be Held Accountable | The Smirking Chimp

In other words, even if he avoids prosecution, even if he is never formally deemed a criminal under the law, Trump will be accountable to history. That is not as satisfying a form of accountability as a criminal judgment, to be sure. But it is a form of accountability that is inescapable. If the committee does its work properly — and I have every confidence it will — it will create a clear record. Which means that for our children and our children’s children — for as far as future generations will know of our recorded history — Donald Trump will live in infamy.

Source: A Final Thought on the Hearings: How Trump Will Be Held Accountable | The Smirking Chimp

Nitwittery

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump. | Media Matters for America

Elon Musk Twitter

Trump will abandon his own failed site and it’s shareholders

Ads account for 90% of Twitter’s revenue, and now that advertisers know exactly what Twitter would look like under Elon Musk’s leadership — they should be terrified

Source: Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump. | Media Matters for America

Informed Comment

Trump still won’t shut up. He’s doing Democrats running for office a huge favor | Robert Reich | The Guardian

‘Among voters 45 to 64 years old – a group Trump won in 2020 by 50% to 49%, according to exit polls – just 39% now view him favorably.’

The beginning of May before midterm elections marks the start of primary season and six months of fall campaigning. The conventional view this year is that Democrats will be clobbered in November. Why? Because midterms are usually referendums on a president’s performance, and Biden’s approval ratings are in the cellar.But the conventional view could be wrong because it doesn’t account for the Democrat’s secret sauce, which gives them a fighting chance of keeping one or both chambers: Trump.

Source: Trump still won’t shut up. He’s doing Democrats running for office a huge favor | Robert Reich | The Guardian

Fox News

‘Trump’s heir’: NYT analyzed 1,150 episodes of Tucker Carlson’s ‘racist’ Fox News show in 3-part exposé – Raw Story – Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

'Trump's heir': NYT analyzed 1,150 episodes of Tucker Carlson's 'racist' Fox News show in 3-part exposé

Murdoch’s destroying America’s 450 year Dream

Fox News personality Tucker Carlson is the focus of an in-depth three-part report by The New York Times that was published online on Saturday and will appear in the Sunday newspaper. Part one is titled “How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable.” “In the years since, Mr. Carlson has constructed what may be the most racist show in the history of cable news — and also, by some measures, the most successful. Though he frequently declares himself an enemy of prejudice — “We don’t judge them by group, and we don’t judge them on their race,” Mr. Carlson explained to an interviewer a few weeks before accusing impoverished immigrants of making America dirty — his show teaches loathing and fear. Night after night, hour by hour, Mr. Carlson warns his viewers that they inhabit a civilization under siege — by violent Black Lives Matter protesters in American cities, by diseased migrants from south of the border, by refugees importing alien cultures, and by tech companies and cultural elites who will silence them, or label them racist, if they complain,” the newspaper reported.

Source: ‘Trump’s heir’: NYT analyzed 1,150 episodes of Tucker Carlson’s ‘racist’ Fox News show in 3-part exposé – Raw Story – Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism